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Wagon Train (1957)

Western

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.

IMDb rating
7.6 (4,319 votes)
Episode average
7.9 ↑ +0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons
8
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 8 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1957)

7.85 avg 39 episodes 8.2 → 8.1 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 230 votesEp 2: 8.2 · 171 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 172 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 183 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 168 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 149 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 172 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 168 votesEp 9: 7.8 · 131 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 158 votesEp 11: 7.4 · 140 votesEp 12: 7.6 · 132 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 138 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 157 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 129 votesEp 16: 7.2 · 121 votesEp 17: 7.7 · 117 votesEp 18: 7.8 · 118 votesEp 19: 7.2 · 118 votesEp 20: 7.8 · 150 votesEp 21: 7.8 · 124 votesEp 22: 7.7 · 123 votesEp 23: 6.5 · 123 votesEp 24: 8.1 · 104 votesEp 25: 7.2 · 127 votesEp 26: 8.0 · 170 votesEp 27: 8.3 · 121 votesEp 28: 7.6 · 127 votesEp 29: 8.3 · 114 votesEp 30: 8.3 · 143 votesEp 31: 8.4 · 134 votesEp 32: 7.5 · 111 votesEp 33: 8.1 · 100 votesEp 34: 8.4 · 122 votesEp 35: 8.1 · 104 votesEp 36: 7.8 · 118 votesEp 37: 8.3 · 116 votesEp 38: 8.2 · 114 votesEp 39: 8.1 · 143 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Willy Moran Story8.2230
2The Jean LeBec Story8.2171
3The John Cameron Story7.5172
4The Ruth Owens Story8.0183
5The Les Rand Story8.0168
6The Nels Stack Story7.7149
7The Emily Rossiter Story8.0172
8The John Darro Story7.9168
9The Charles Avery Story7.8131
10The Mary Halstead Story8.2158
11The Zeke Thomas Story7.4140
12The Riley Gratton Story7.6132
13The Clara Beauchamp Story7.5138
14The Julie Gage Story7.8157
15The Cliff Grundy Story7.8129
16The Luke O'Malley Story7.2121
17The Jesse Cowan Story7.7117
18The Gabe Carswell Story7.8118
19The Honorable Don Charlie Story7.2118
20The Dora Gray Story7.8150
21The Annie MacGregor Story7.8124
22The Bill Tawnee Story7.7123
23The Mark Hanford Story6.5123
24The Bernal Sierra Story8.1104
25The Marie Dupree Story7.2127
26A Man Called Horse8.0170
27The Sarah Drummond Story8.3121
28The Sally Potter Story7.6127
29The Daniel Barrister Story8.3114
30The Major Adams Story: Part 18.3143
31The Major Adams Story: Part 28.4134
32The Charles Maury Story7.5111
33The Dan Hogan Story8.1100
34The Ruttledge Munroe Story8.4122
35The Rex Montana Story8.1104
36The Cassie Tanner Story7.8118
37The John Wilbot Story8.3116
38The Monty Britton Story8.2114
39The Sacramento Story8.1143

Season 2 (1958)

7.99 avg 38 episodes 8.0 → 8.3 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 137 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 103 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 122 votesEp 4: 8.7 · 222 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 111 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 114 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 111 votesEp 8: 7.9 · 124 votesEp 9: 8.3 · 132 votesEp 10: 8.2 · 112 votesEp 11: 7.0 · 104 votesEp 12: 8.8 · 181 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 101 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 149 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 110 votesEp 16: 7.8 · 112 votesEp 17: 7.9 · 127 votesEp 18: 8.7 · 383 votesEp 19: 8.0 · 115 votesEp 20: 7.2 · 120 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 109 votesEp 22: 7.8 · 117 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 121 votesEp 24: 7.5 · 109 votesEp 25: 8.2 · 120 votesEp 26: 8.4 · 114 votesEp 27: 7.8 · 105 votesEp 28: 7.8 · 117 votesEp 29: 7.9 · 116 votesEp 30: 8.0 · 102 votesEp 31: 8.2 · 144 votesEp 32: 6.7 · 128 votesEp 33: 8.4 · 127 votesEp 34: 8.1 · 112 votesEp 35: 8.7 · 155 votesEp 36: 8.2 · 121 votesEp 37: 7.4 · 125 votesEp 38: 8.3 · 145 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Around the Horn8.0137
2The Juan Ortega Story8.0103
3The Jennifer Churchill Story7.9122
4The Tobias Jones Story8.7222
5The Liam Fitzmorgan Story8.0111
6The Doctor Willoughby Story8.0114
7The Bije Wilcox Story8.0111
8The Millie Davis Story7.9124
9The Sakae Ito Story8.3132
10The Tent City Story8.2112
11The Beauty Jamison Story7.0104
12The Mary Ellen Thomas Story8.8181
13The Dick Richardson Story7.8101
14The Kitty Angel Story8.2149
15The Flint McCullough Story7.9110
16The Hunter Malloy Story7.8112
17The Ben Courtney Story7.9127
18The Ella Lindstrom Story8.7383
19The Last Man8.0115
20The Old Man Charvanaugh Story7.2120
21The Annie Griffith Story8.1109
22The Jasper Cato Story7.8117
23The Vivian Carter Story7.8121
24The Conchita Vasquez Story7.5109
25The Sister Rita Story8.2120
26The Matthew Lowry Story8.4114
27The Swift Cloud Story7.8105
28The Vincent Eaglewood Story7.8117
29The Clara Duncan Story7.9116
30The Duke Le May Story8.0102
31The Kate Parker Story8.2144
32The Steve Campden Story6.7128
33Chuck Wooster, Wagonmaster8.4127
34The Jose Maria Moran Story8.1112
35The Andrew Hale Story8.7155
36The Rodney Lawrence Story8.2121
37The Steele Family Story7.4125
38The Jenny Tannen Story8.3145

Season 3 (1959)

7.80 avg 37 episodes 7.5 → 8.2 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 118 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 136 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 119 votesEp 4: 7.4 · 110 votesEp 5: 8.2 · 344 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 107 votesEp 7: 6.8 · 97 votesEp 8: 8.3 · 118 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 150 votesEp 10: 7.7 · 116 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 105 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 120 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 107 votesEp 14: 7.2 · 105 votesEp 15: 7.8 · 111 votesEp 16: 7.1 · 110 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 114 votesEp 18: 7.4 · 119 votesEp 19: 8.5 · 114 votesEp 20: 6.8 · 107 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 131 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 111 votesEp 23: 7.8 · 125 votesEp 24: 8.3 · 122 votesEp 25: 8.0 · 102 votesEp 26: 7.3 · 136 votesEp 27: 8.0 · 98 votesEp 28: 7.8 · 100 votesEp 29: 8.2 · 106 votesEp 30: 8.3 · 104 votesEp 31: 7.4 · 101 votesEp 32: 8.4 · 108 votesEp 33: 8.1 · 95 votesEp 34: 7.7 · 112 votesEp 35: 8.4 · 114 votesEp 36: 7.9 · 100 votesEp 37: 8.2 · 104 votes
Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Stagecoach Story7.5118
2The Greenhorn Story7.9136
3The C.L. Harding Story7.2119
4The Estaban Zamora Story7.4110
5The Elizabeth McQueeny Story8.2344
6The Martha Barham Story7.1107
7The Cappy Darrin Story6.897
8The Felizia Kingdom Story8.3118
9The Jess MacAbee Story8.0150
10The Danny Benedict Story7.7116
11The Vittorio Bottecelli Story7.7105
12The St. Nicholas Story8.0120
13The Ruth Marshall Story7.9107
14The Lita Foladaire Story7.2105
15The Colonel Harris Story7.8111
16The Maidie Brant Story7.1110
17The Larry Hanify Story7.6114
18The Clayton Tucker Story7.4119
19The Benjamin Burns Story8.5114
20The Ricky and Laurie Bell Story6.8107
21The Tom Tuckett Story8.6131
22The Tracy Sadler Story8.2111
23The Alexander Portlass Story7.8125
24The Christine Elliott Story8.3122
25The Joshua Gilliam Story8.0102
26The Maggie Hamilton Story7.3136
27The Jonas Murdock Story8.098
28The Amos Gibbon Story7.8100
29Trial for Murder: Part 18.2106
30Trial for Murder: Part 28.3104
31The Countess Baranof Story7.4101
32The Dick Jarvis Story8.4108
33Dr. Swift Cloud8.195
34The Luke Grant Story7.7112
35The Charlene Brenton Story8.4114
36The Sam Livingston Story7.9100
37The Shadrack Bennington Story8.2104

Season 4 (1960)

7.87 avg 38 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 111 votesEp 2: 7.0 · 135 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 139 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 118 votesEp 5: 7.9 · 127 votesEp 6: 5.6 · 156 votesEp 7: 7.7 · 123 votesEp 8: 7.7 · 107 votesEp 9: 8.1 · 206 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 109 votesEp 11: 8.2 · 117 votesEp 12: 8.3 · 111 votesEp 13: 7.2 · 121 votesEp 14: 8.2 · 123 votesEp 15: 8.3 · 111 votesEp 16: 7.1 · 118 votesEp 17: 8.2 · 107 votesEp 18: 8.9 · 137 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 132 votesEp 20: 7.4 · 103 votesEp 21: 8.6 · 131 votesEp 22: 8.2 · 131 votesEp 23: 7.9 · 105 votesEp 24: 8.0 · 116 votesEp 25: 8.8 · 142 votesEp 26: 7.0 · 81 votesEp 27: 8.3 · 92 votesEp 28: 8.6 · 102 votesEp 29: 7.7 · 85 votesEp 30: 8.0 · 76 votesEp 31: 8.7 · 110 votesEp 32: 7.1 · 90 votesEp 33: 7.9 · 89 votesEp 34: 8.0 · 83 votesEp 35: 8.2 · 89 votesEp 36: 8.3 · 95 votesEp 37: 6.3 · 69 votesEp 38: 7.5 · 86 votes
Season 4 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Wagons Ho!8.3111
2The Horace Best Story7.0135
3The Albert Farnsworth Story7.9139
4The Allison Justis Story8.1118
5The Jose Morales Story7.9127
6Princess of a Lost Tribe5.6156
7The Cathy Eckhart Story7.7123
8The Bleymier Story7.7107
9The Colter Craven Story8.1206
10The Jane Hawkins Story8.0109
11The Candy O'Hara Story8.2117
12The River Crossing8.3111
13The Roger Bigelow Story7.2121
14The Jeremy Dow Story8.2123
15The Earl Packer Story8.3111
16The Patience Miller Story7.1118
17The Sam Elder Story8.2107
18Weight of Command8.9137
19The Prairie Story7.7132
20Path of the Serpent7.4103
21The Odyssey of Flint McCullough8.6131
22The Beth Pearson Story8.2131
23The Jed Polke Story7.9105
24The Nancy Palmer Story8.0116
25The Christopher Hale Story8.8142
26The Tiburcio Mendez Story7.081
27The Nellie Jefferson Story8.392
28The Saul Bevins Story8.6102
29The Joe Muharich Story7.785
30The Duke Shannon Story8.076
31The Will Santee Story8.7110
32The Jim Bridger Story7.190
33The Eleanor Culhane Story7.989
34The Chalice8.083
35The Janet Hale Story8.289
36Wagon to Fort Anderson8.395
37The Ah Chong Story6.369
38The Don Alvarado Story7.586

Season 5 (1961)

7.87 avg 37 episodes 7.9 → 8.0 60 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 110 votesEp 2: 8.1 · 101 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 116 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 84 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 105 votesEp 6: 7.6 · 97 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 92 votesEp 8: 8.2 · 41 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 96 votesEp 10: 8.0 · 84 votesEp 11: 8.0 · 108 votesEp 12: 8.0 · 317 votesEp 13: 8.3 · 100 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 80 votesEp 15: 8.2 · 97 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 80 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 105 votesEp 18: 7.7 · 105 votesEp 19: 7.5 · 35 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 71 votesEp 21: 8.1 · 97 votesEp 22: 8.4 · 93 votesEp 23: 8.0 · 91 votesEp 24: 7.5 · 79 votesEp 25: 8.2 · 101 votesEp 26: 7.4 · 77 votesEp 27: 7.5 · 79 votesEp 28: 8.3 · 100 votesEp 29: 8.2 · 94 votesEp 30: 7.9 · 91 votesEp 31: 7.6 · 89 votesEp 32: 7.5 · 78 votesEp 33: 7.8 · 98 votesEp 34: 7.2 · 83 votesEp 35: 7.6 · 72 votesEp 36: 7.5 · 78 votesEp 37: 8.0 · 96 votes
Season 5 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Captain Dan Brady Story7.9110
2The Kitty Allbright Story8.1101
3The Maud Frazer Story7.2116
4The Selena Hartnell Story7.884
5The Clementine Jones Story8.5105
6The Jenna Douglas Story7.697
7The Artie Matthewson Story8.092
8The Mark Miner Story8.241
9The Bruce Saybrook Story7.696
10The Lizbeth Ann Calhoun Story8.084
11The Traitor8.0108
12The Bettina May Story8.0317
13Clyde8.3100
14The Martin Onyx Story8.180
15The Dick Pederson Story8.297
16The Hobie Redman Story8.280
17The Malachi Hobart Story7.6105
18The Dr. Denker Story7.7105
19The Lonnie Fallon Story7.535
20The Jeff Hartfield Story7.971
21The Daniel Clay Story8.197
22The Lieutenant Burton Story8.493
23The Charlie Shutup Story8.091
24The Amos Billings Story7.579
25The Baylor Crofoot Story8.2101
26The George B. Hanrahan Story7.477
27The Swamp Devil7.579
28The Cole Crawford Story8.3100
29The Levi Hale Story8.294
30The Terry Morrell Story7.991
31The Jud Steele Story7.689
32The Mary Beckett Story7.578
33The Nancy Lee Davis Story7.898
34The Frank Carter Story7.283
35The John Turnbull Story7.672
36The Hiram Winthrop Story7.578
37The Heather Mahoney Story8.096

Season 6 (1962)

7.88 avg 37 episodes 8.2 → 8.6 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.2 · 116 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 108 votesEp 3: 8.5 · 107 votesEp 4: 8.4 · 86 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 86 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 92 votesEp 7: 7.0 · 116 votesEp 8: 7.8 · 81 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 90 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 85 votesEp 11: 8.5 · 107 votesEp 12: 7.8 · 90 votesEp 13: 7.7 · 84 votesEp 14: 7.5 · 81 votesEp 15: 7.9 · 116 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 85 votesEp 17: 7.6 · 73 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 79 votesEp 19: 8.4 · 120 votesEp 20: 7.1 · 89 votesEp 21: 7.5 · 97 votesEp 22: 7.8 · 36 votesEp 23: 7.6 · 82 votesEp 24: 8.1 · 91 votesEp 25: 7.9 · 79 votesEp 26: 8.6 · 91 votesEp 27: 7.2 · 82 votesEp 28: 9.0 · 108 votesEp 29: 7.7 · 91 votesEp 30: 8.4 · 100 votesEp 31: 7.5 · 76 votesEp 32: 7.4 · 85 votesEp 33: 7.4 · 84 votesEp 34: 7.8 · 113 votesEp 35: 7.8 · 74 votesEp 36: 7.9 · 74 votesEp 37: 8.6 · 101 votes
Season 6 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Wagon Train Mutiny8.2116
2The Caroline Casteel Story8.0108
3The Madame Sagittarius Story8.5107
4The Martin Gatsby Story8.486
5The John Augustus Story7.886
6The Mavis Grant Story8.092
7The Lisa Raincloud Story7.0116
8The Shiloh Degnan Story7.881
9The Levy-McGowan Story8.090
10The John Bernard Story8.385
11The Kurt Davos Story8.5107
12The Eve Newhope Story7.890
13The Orly French Story7.784
14The Donna Fuller Story7.581
15The Sam Darland Story7.9116
16The Abel Weatherly Story7.485
17The Davey Baxter Story7.673
18The Johnny Masters Story7.579
19The Naomi Kaylor Story8.4120
20The Hollister John Garrison Story7.189
21The Lily Legend Story7.597
22Charlie Wooster--Outlaw7.836
23The Sarah Proctor Story7.682
24The Emmett Lawton Story8.191
25The Annie Duggan Story7.979
26The Michael McGoo Story8.691
27The Adam MacKenzie Story7.282
28The Tom Tuesday Story9.0108
29The Heather and Hamish Story7.791
30The Blane Wessels Story8.4100
31The Tom O'Neal Story7.576
32The Clarence Mullins Story7.485
33The David Garner Story7.484
34Alias Bill Hawks7.8113
35The Antone Rose Story7.874
36The Jim Whitlow Story7.974
37The Barnaby West Story8.6101

Season 7 (1963)

7.89 avg 32 episodes 7.9 → 8.1 75 min avg

Ep 1: 7.9 · 142 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 118 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 109 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 99 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 115 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 98 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 94 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 79 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 100 votesEp 10: 7.8 · 82 votesEp 11: 7.7 · 96 votesEp 12: 8.2 · 83 votesEp 13: 7.9 · 88 votesEp 14: 8.1 · 88 votesEp 15: 8.4 · 87 votesEp 16: 8.1 · 85 votesEp 17: 8.1 · 85 votesEp 18: 7.5 · 87 votesEp 19: 7.7 · 95 votesEp 20: 7.9 · 80 votesEp 21: 7.6 · 83 votesEp 22: 7.2 · 84 votesEp 23: 7.7 · 89 votesEp 24: 7.9 · 78 votesEp 25: 8.1 · 81 votesEp 26: 7.6 · 81 votesEp 27: 8.1 · 93 votesEp 28: 7.8 · 73 votesEp 29: 7.6 · 37 votesEp 30: 7.6 · 66 votesEp 31: 8.5 · 81 votesEp 32: 8.1 · 69 votes
Season 7 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Molly Kincaid Story7.9142
2The Fort Pierce Story7.9118
3The Gus Morgan Story7.9109
4The Widow O'Rourke Story7.699
5The Robert Harrison Clarke Story8.7115
6The Myra Marshall Story7.798
7The Sam Spicer Story8.094
8The Sam Pulaski Story7.679
9The Eli Bancroft Story8.0100
10The Kitty Pryer Story7.882
11The Sandra Cummings Story7.796
12The Bleecker Story8.283
13The Story of Cain7.988
14The Cassie Vance Story8.188
15The Fenton Canaby Story8.487
16The Michael Malone Story8.185
17The Jed Whitmore Story8.185
18The Geneva Balfour Story7.587
19The Kate Crawley Story7.795
20The Grover Allen Story7.980
21The Andrew Elliott Story7.683
22The Melanie Craig Story7.284
23The Pearlie Garnet Story7.789
24The Trace McCloud Story7.978
25The Duncan McIvor Story8.181
26The Ben Engel Story7.681
27The Whipping8.193
28The Santiago Quesada Story7.873
29The Stark Bluff Story7.637
30The Link Cheney Story7.666
31The Zebedee Titus Story8.581
32The Last Circle Up8.169

Season 8 (1964)

7.70 avg 26 episodes 8.3 → 7.5 60 min avg

Ep 1: 8.3 · 114 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 83 votesEp 3: 8.9 · 167 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 84 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 90 votesEp 6: 7.9 · 94 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 91 votesEp 8: 8.1 · 92 votesEp 9: 7.4 · 109 votesEp 10: 7.4 · 80 votesEp 11: 7.9 · 76 votesEp 12: 8.6 · 161 votesEp 13: 6.4 · 69 votesEp 14: 8.7 · 112 votesEp 15: 7.2 · 71 votesEp 16: 8.2 · 84 votesEp 17: 4.6 · 439 votesEp 18: 8.9 · 139 votesEp 19: 7.6 · 78 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 84 votesEp 21: 7.1 · 74 votesEp 22: 6.1 · 87 votesEp 23: 8.2 · 84 votesEp 24: 8.3 · 89 votesEp 25: 6.9 · 78 votesEp 26: 7.5 · 94 votes
Season 8 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Bob Stuart Story8.3114
2The Hide Hunters8.083
3The John Gillman Story8.9167
4The Race Town Story8.284
5The Barbara Lindquist Story7.890
6The Brian Conlin Story7.994
7The Alice Whitetree Story8.091
8Those Who Stay Behind8.192
9The Nancy Styles Story7.4109
10The Richard Bloodgood Story7.480
11The Clay Shelby Story7.976
12Little Girl Lost8.6161
13The Hector Heatherton Story6.469
14The Echo Pass Story8.7112
15The Chottsie Gubenheimer Story7.271
16The Wanda Snow Story8.284
17The Isaiah Quickfox Story4.6439
18Herman8.9139
19The Bonnie Brooke Story7.678
20The Miss Mary Lee McIntosh Story8.084
21The Captain Sam Story7.174
22The Betsy Blee Smith Story6.187
23The Katy Piper Story8.284
24The Indian Girl Story8.389
25The Silver Lady6.978
26The Jarbo Pierce Story7.594

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